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City Lit is a leading provider of adult education in London and all over the UK. It's the perfect place to learn something new, gain new skills, and build your confidence. From mastering new languages and honing creative skills to advancing your career with professional development courses. Whatever your passion or goal, our diverse curriculum has the perfect course to inspire your next step.

 

 

 

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  1. Saxophone 3B
    Weekend
    Course start date:  Sat 10 Jan 2026

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  David Harrison
    Continue with your 3rd year of saxophone study. We will play jazz, pop and world music repertoire, and work to improve your technical ability and confidence in playing.
    Full fee £219.00 Senior fee £219.00 Concession £153.00
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  2. Go West!  Exploring West London
    Last Few Places, Weekend
    Course start date:  Sat 10 Jan 2026

    Location on this date:  Off Site

    Tutors:  Diane Burstein
    Via 10 walking tours we explore Shepherds Bush, Brook Green, Notting Hill, Hammersmith, Bedford Park, Barons Court, Earls Court, Fulham, Kensal Green,Cadogan Estate (Chelsea) discovering their history, buildings and past residents.
    Full fee £259.00 Senior fee £207.00 Concession £168.00
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  3. Acting: Foundation (Certificate Level 2)
    Last Few Places, Weekend
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    Course start date:  Sat 10 Jan 2026 (and 1 other date)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Danielle Allan, Sean Croft, Cara Jennings, Vernon Thompson

    Do you want to be an actor but find it hard to fit the training around your other commitments? This intensive and practical accredited course, running every Saturday for 25 weeks including Induction and final tutorials, provides classes in the core disciplines of acting, voice and movement, and culminates in a showing of contemporary scene work to an invited audience. Successful candidates achieve the Level 2 Certificate in Performing Arts awarded by OCN London.

    Full fee £1,499.00 Senior fee £1,499.00 Concession £1,499.00
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  4. Modern calligraphy
    Weekend
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    Course start date:  Sat 10 Jan 2026 (and 1 other date)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Veiko Kespersaks

    Learn how to write elegant, stylish letterforms using a flexible pointed nib with ink. Once you have learnt how to write a basic alphabet, we’ll begin breaking the rules of traditional calligraphy to find a style that is all your own. The course is suitable for beginners as well as improvers.

    Full fee £369.00 Senior fee £295.00 Concession £240.00
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  5. Jewellery making: all levels
    Last Few Places, Weekend
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    Course start date:  Sat 10 Jan 2026 (and 1 other date)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Kevin Stevenson
    Ever wanted to turn your hand to making your own jewellery? Or done it before and would like to hone your skills with a professional tutor? From beginners to experienced jewellers, come and practise making metal jewellery to your own designs, whether you are picking up the basics of cutting, forming and texturing, or taking your designs to the next level with complex approaches such as chain-making.
    Full fee £419.00 Senior fee £335.00 Concession £272.00
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  6. Jazz harmony and ear training 2B
    Last Few Places, Weekend
    Course start date:  Sat 10 Jan 2026

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Cerys Hogg

    If you already play jazz and can recognise intervals and diatonic seventh chords in sequence, extend your aural, harmonic and rhythmic skill through the study of jazz standards and improvisation. The sessions involve playing as an ensemble. New students who wish to join this 2nd term are welcome to apply to music@citylit.ac.uk.

    Full fee £219.00 Senior fee £219.00 Concession £153.00
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  7. Full fee £259.00 Senior fee £259.00 Concession £259.00
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  8. Full fee £79.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £40.00
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  9. Feldenkrais: freeing the hips and lower back
    Last Few Places, Weekend
    Course start date:  Sat 10 Jan 2026

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Charlotte Seirberg
    Improve your body's performance by becoming aware of limiting habits. This class focuses on the hips and lower back, re-educating the nervous system through gentle, carefully structured sequences of movement.
    This course is delivered in-person at City Lit.
    Full fee £59.00 Senior fee £59.00 Concession £59.00
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  10. Folk and pop guitar 2B
    Last Few Places, Weekend
    Course start date:  Sat 10 Jan 2026

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Tony Rowden
    If you can play a range of chord shapes, in time, and can follow chord symbols, this second year of study will develop your ability to play the acoustic instrument. Improve your musicianship and expand your repertoire of popular songs.
    Full fee £219.00 Senior fee £219.00 Concession £153.00
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  11. Jazz harmony and ear training 1B
    Weekend
    Course start date:  Sat 10 Jan 2026

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Cerys Hogg
    Continue your aural and academic study of form, root movement and harmonic progression, jazz chord types, intervals, scales and modes. Learn transcribed solos and participate in playing and improvisation sessions. For players who have begun to study jazz harmony. New students may contact music@citylit.ac.uk to arrange to be assessed for entry to this course.
    Full fee £219.00 Senior fee £219.00 Concession £153.00
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  12. Documentary filmmaking
    Weekend
    Course start date:  Sat 10 Jan 2026

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Lily Markiewicz
    Documentary-style films are the most popular genre on Social Media, on TV, and in Film festivals. Come and learn the essential techniques that make a gripping documentary.
    Full fee £459.00 Senior fee £367.00 Concession £298.00
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  13. String ensemble
    Last Few Places, Weekend
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    Course start date:  Sat 10 Jan 2026 (and 3 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Robert Puzey

    Come and play string repertoire in a friendly group, and develop your confidence in ensemble playing. Suitable for those who have been playing violin, viola, cello or double bass for at least two years, playing at Grade 3 standard or above. Please click the 'start interview' button to apply. Someone from the department in touch. This is to make sure we have a balanced array of instruments for our ensemble.

    This course has a break week on the 21 Feb 2026. 

     

    Full fee £219.00 Senior fee £219.00 Concession £153.00
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  14. Full fee £279.00 Senior fee £223.00 Concession £181.00
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  15. Sing jazz 2
    Last Few Places, Weekend
    Course start date:  Sat 10 Jan 2026

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Laura Zakian
    If you have completed Sing jazz 1, or who have equivalent experience and ability in the jazz idiom, join this class to develop your jazz conception, solo performance and expand your repertoire.
    Full fee £279.00 Senior fee £279.00 Concession £195.00
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